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About these Awards
These prestigious awards recognize coaches whose athletes have excelled at world championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games, and at the Special Olympics World Games. The Coaching Association of Canada and Petro-Canada honour these recipients at the National Coach Leadership Awards Night.
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2025 Recipients
Alberta | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Paul Webster | Curling Canada | Team Canada - Skipped by Brad Jacobs |
Remmelt Eldering | Speed Skating Canada | Connor Howe |
William Dutton | Speed Skating Canada | Brooklyn McDougall |
Alex Dawson | Swimming Canada | Oliver Dawson |
Corey Fester | Special Olympics Canada | Jessica Larivee |
Nicola Lornson | Special Olympics Canada | Brett Garth |
Shawn Jesse | Special Olympics Canada | Brita Hall |
British Colombia | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Will Marshall | Alpine Canada Alpin | Kalle Ericsson (Guide: Sierra Smith) |
Adam Walker | Cycling Canada | Elly Hoskin |
Joel Harwood, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Elliot Jamieson |
Richard Wooles, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Dylan Bibic |
Scott Talbot | Swimming Canada | Ingrid Wilm |
Elliot Catton, ChPC | Canada Snowboard | Liam Brearly |
Maelle Ricker | Canada Snowboard | Eliot Grondin |
Jim Schiman | Freestyle Canada | Maia Schwinghammer |
Trennon Paynter | Freestyle Canada | Cassie Sharpe |
Annabel Stanley | Special Olympics Canada | Kelsey Wyse |
Christina Giesbrecht | Special Olympics Canada | Catherine Partlow |
David Wilkinson | Special Olympics Canada | Ariel Taylor |
Donna Bilous | Special Olympics Canada | Joshua Boudreau |
Jessica Chapelski | Special Olympics Canada | Matthew Lai |
Les Sigal | Special Olympics Canada | Darby McIntyre |
Mark Schnurr | Special Olympics Canada | Cory Duhaime |
Maureen Hunter | Special Olympics Canada | Alec Baldwin |
Misty Pagliaro | Special Olympics Canada | Erin Thom |
Saige Beaumont | Special Olympics Canada | Kirsten Hayden |
Ty Wilkinson | Special Olympics Canada | Chantal Chan |
Manitoba | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Ron Struch | Special Olympics Canada | Dylan Collins |
New Brunswick | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Mario Richard | Special Olympics Canada | Oceane Rajotte |
Nova Scotia | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Andreas Dittmer, ChPC | Canoe Kayak Canada | Katie Vincent |
Anna Hetzler | Canoe Kayak Canada | Katie Vincent and Zoe Wojtyk |
Susan Inglis | Special Olympics Canada | Rebecca Delaney |
Ontario | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Richard Parkinson, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Sarah Mitton |
Joel Hazzan, ChPC | Canoe Kayak Canada | Brianna Hennessy |
Michael Lizmore | Curling Canada | Team Canada - Skipped by Jon Thurston |
Viktor Kjell | Curling Canada | Team Canada - Skipped by Rachel Homan |
Dean Bercovitch | Freestyle Canada | Mikael Kingsbury |
Sandy Boville | Freestyle Canada | Megan Oldham |
Carol Lane | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier |
Jon Lane | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier |
Juris Razgulajevs | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier |
Amy Cruickshank | Special Olympics Canada | Andrew Johnston |
Ann Scully | Special Olympics Canada | Chanelle Corbeil |
Benton McNicol | Special Olympics Canada | Ewen Barclay |
Cindy Blake | Special Olympics Canada | Chloe Stoddart |
Rachel Mathews | Special Olympics Canada | Rachelle Parent |
Samantha Damiani | Special Olympics Canada | Carter Simpson |
Sue Diggins | Special Olympics Canada | Julian Hudson |
Tracey Zwiers | Special Olympics Canada | Bree-Anna Williams |
Quebec | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Frédéric Deslongchamps | Alpine Canada Alpin | Alexis Guimond |
Gregory Picard | Canada Snowboard | Tyler Turner |
Phil Abbott, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Nathan Clement |
Sebastien Travers, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Alexandre Hayward |
Stéphane Lapointe | Diving Plongeon Canada | Simone Leathead |
Antoine Valois-Fortier | Judo Canada | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard |
Gregory Arkhurst | Swimming Canada | Mary-Sophie Harvey |
Michel Hamelin | Freestyle Canada | Mikael Kingsbury |
Serge Gagnon | Special Olympics Canada | Annick Leger |
Gregor Jelonek | Speed Skating Canada | Brooklyn McDougall |
Marc Gagnon | Speed Skating Canada | Rikki Doak |
Sébastien Cros | Speed Skating Canada | Steven Dubois |
Saskatchewan | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Eric Lautsch | Special Olympics Canada | Harry Burns |
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2024 Recipients
Alberta | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Christopher Woods | Athletics Canada | Marco Arop |
Ron Thompson | Athletics Canada | Marco Arop |
Alexander Martin | Canadian Fencing Federation | Eleanor Harvey |
Don Bartlett | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
Michael Lizmore, ChPC | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
Dan Proulx, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Kate O'Brien |
Philippe Abbott, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Nathan Clement |
Trish Quinney, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique | Team Canada |
Heather Fidyk, ChPC | Karate Canada | Natalie Olson |
Remmelt Eldering, ChPC | Speed Skating Canada | Isabelle Weidemann, Team Canada |
William Dutton | Speed Skating Canada | Team Canada |
Dave Johnson, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Ingrid Wilm |
Haley Bennett | Swimming Canada | Nicholas Bennett |
Nicole Ban | Volleyball Canada | Team Canada |
British Columbia | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Dylan Armstrong | Athletics Canada | Ethan Katzberg |
Geoffrey Harris | Athletics Canada | Cody Fournie, Austin Smeenk, Cody Fournie |
Mohamad Saatara | Athletics Canada | Camryn Rogers |
Patrick Waters, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Greg Stewart |
Thaiyo Seo | Breaking Canada | Phil Wizard |
Curt DeWolff | Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique | Team Canada |
Tom Morris, ChPC | Rowing Canada Aviron | Team Canada |
Jy Lawrence, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Sebastian Massabie |
Scott Talbot, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Finlay Knox |
Carolyn Murray, ChPC | Triathlon Canada | Leanne Taylor |
David Ogle, ChPC | Weightlifting Canada Haltérophilie | Maude Charron |
New Brunswick | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Ryan Allen, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Danielle Dorris |
Nova Scotia | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Heather Hennigar, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Nathan Riech |
Andreas Dittmer, ChPC | Canoe Kayak Canada | Sloan MacKenzie, Katie Vincent |
Anna Hetzler | Canoe Kayak Canada | Sloan MacKenzie, Katie Vincent |
Jack Hanratty | Rugby Canada | Team Canada |
Ontario | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Doug Wood | Athletics Canada | Alysha Newman |
Glenroy Gilbert, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Jerome Blake, Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendan Rodney |
Paul Galas | Athletics Canada | Jesse Zesseu |
Richard Parkinson, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Sarah Mitton |
Zdenek Krykorka | Athletics Canada | Alysha Newman |
Joel Hazzan, ChPC | Canoe Kayak Canada | Brianna Hennessy |
Alain Corbeil | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
Caleb Flaxey | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
Carol Lane | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier |
Jon Lane | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier |
Juris Razgulajevs | Skate Canada | Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier |
Dave Tontini | Swimming Canada | Katie Cosgriffe |
Andrea Rabzak | Tennis Canada | Felix Auger-Aliassime, Gabriela Dabrowski |
Québec | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Samir El-Mais | Boxing Canada | Wyatt Sanford |
Vincent Auclair, ChPC | Boxing Canada | Wyatt Sanford |
Michel St-Georges | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
Sébastien Travers, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Keely Shaw, Alexandre Hayward |
Stéphane Lapointe | Diving Plongeon Canada | Jessica Macaulay, Molly Carlson |
Yihua Li, ChPC | Diving Plongeon Canada | Rylan Wiens, Nathan Zsombor-Murray |
Karina Kosko, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique | Sophiane Méthot |
Antoine Valois-Fortier | Judo Canada | Christa Deguchi, Shady El Nahas |
Janusz Pawlowski, ChPC | Judo Canada | Jessica Klimkait |
Michel Gagnon, ChPC | Racquetball Canada | Coby Iwaasa, Samuel Murray |
Rino Langelier, ChPC | Racquetball Canada | Coby Iwaasa, Samuel Murray |
Amélie Brochu | Skate Canada | Les Supremes Senior |
Josée Picard, ChPC | Skate Canada | Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps |
Julie Marcotte | Skate Canada | Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps |
Marilyn Langlois | Skate Canada | Les Supremes Senior |
Pascal Denis | Skate Canada | Les Supremes Senior |
Gregor Jelonek, ChPC | Speed Skating Canada | Laurent Dubreuil, Team Canada |
Marc Gagnon | Speed Skating Canada | Jordan Pierre-Gilles, Kim Boutin, William Dandjinou, Team Canada |
Muncef Ouardi | Speed Skating Canada | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
Sébastien Cros | Speed Skating Canada | Jordan Pierre-Gilles, Kim Boutin, William Dandjinou, Team Canada |
Marc-André Pelletier, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Aurélie Rivard |
Simon Deguire | Swimming Canada | Tess Routliffe |
Saskatchewan | ||
Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
Mary Caroll | Diving Plongeon Canada | Rylan Wiens, Nathan Zsombor-Murray |
Ryan Jones, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Shelby Newkirk |